Two naxals held in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR: Two naxals, one of them carrying a cash reward of Rs one lakh rpt one lakh on his head, were arrested from separate places in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar region today, police said.

While a cadre Lakhmu Jurri (30) was apprehended from Narayanpur district, another one - Raje Singh (26) was rounded up in Kanker district, a senior police official said.

A squad of District Force was conducting a combing exercise in Kurusnar police station area of Bryant, located around 400 kms away from the state capital, when it spotted the ultra, hiding in Jharawahi forests to keep an eye on the movement of security forces, the official said adding that after surrounding the spot, security personnel nabbed him.

Lakhmu, the head of Jharawahi Jantana Sarkar (people's government), was active in the outlawed CPI (Maoists) since 2004-05, he said.

He was involved in several incidents of naxal offences and was carrying a reward of Rs 10,000 on his head, the official said.

In a separate incident, a joint squad of DF and Border Security Force (BSF) nabbed the Maoist - Raje from Siksoda police limits during a search operation in Kanker district, he added.